Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station

Heathrow Terminal 4 is an underground station of the London Underground in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 6 and opens up the Terminal 4 at London Heathrow. In the year 2011 there were 2.46 million passengers these from the Piccadilly Line station. It is located on a single-track loop and only has one side platform. In the immediate vicinity, but spatially separated, there is the same airport station of the railway line Heathrow Express.

Was opened the station on 12 August 1986 together with the new airport terminal. From that day on all trains on the Piccadilly line wrong on the single track loop that runs from Hatton Cross on the Terminal 4 and Terminals 1, 2 and 3 back to Hatton Cross. Loop and station were temporarily shut down on 7 January 2005, to allow the establishment of a branch structure in the direction of the new Terminal 5. The opening of Terminal 4 has been made during its by a bus from Hatton Cross. On 17 September 2006, the reopening of the station and the loop was.

Since the opening of the station under Terminal 5 on 27 March 2008, every second train runs directly to it, while the other half still drives on the loop.